Books read this year
24. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 3: Invoking Darkness - Jeanne Cavelos
23. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
22. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 2: Summoning Light - Jeanne Cavelos
21. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 1: Casting Shadows - Jeanne Cavelos
20. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - Deborah Blum
19. The New Doctor Who Adventures: Nightshade - Mark Gatiss
18. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts - Maxine Hong Kingston
17. The American Way of Death Revisited - Jessica Mitford
16. The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
15. Doctor Who The New Adventures: Love and War - Paul Cornell
14. The Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley
13. God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir - John Bul Dau and Michael S. Sweeney
12. Why Do Men Have Nipples: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini - Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg
11. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion - Lance Parkin
10. The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy - Lisa Dodson
9. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: The Dark Path - David A. McIntee
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
7. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
6. Doctor Who: The Roundheads - Mark Gatiss
5. Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson
4. Doctor Who: The Murder Game - Steve Lyons
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
2. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book - Gerard Jones
1. Maus - Art Spiegelman
David Sedaris is fun as always, but there were a few gross-out moments in there I wasn't expecting. I've read him talking about his sister Amy before, but in this one he talks more about other siblings--and how much they hate it when he writes about them. My favorite part is how the voice of reason in his head sounds like Bea Arthur.
But what I really want to talk about is the Babylon 5 book. I haven't done any kind of commentary on it so far because I wanted to finish the story first. I love getting a better look into part of the show that I really wished had been explored more. I really hate them for killing off Elric, but I do understand why they did it. My only complaint in the series is that by the end of it Galen is supposed to be nearly the most accomplished and powerful techno-mage ever, and that really doesn't match up with what I remember of him in Crusade, which takes place after these books. Of course that just gives me an excuse to re-watch that series so I can make a proper comparison. ;)
Pretty soon the third book in the Legions of Fire trilogy should arrive from eBay and then I'll start reading those. After that, I think I will have consumed every bit of Babylon 5 related media there is apart from the tabletop RPG.
23. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
22. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 2: Summoning Light - Jeanne Cavelos
21. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 1: Casting Shadows - Jeanne Cavelos
20. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - Deborah Blum
19. The New Doctor Who Adventures: Nightshade - Mark Gatiss
18. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts - Maxine Hong Kingston
17. The American Way of Death Revisited - Jessica Mitford
16. The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
15. Doctor Who The New Adventures: Love and War - Paul Cornell
14. The Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley
13. God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir - John Bul Dau and Michael S. Sweeney
12. Why Do Men Have Nipples: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini - Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg
11. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion - Lance Parkin
10. The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy - Lisa Dodson
9. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: The Dark Path - David A. McIntee
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
7. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
6. Doctor Who: The Roundheads - Mark Gatiss
5. Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson
4. Doctor Who: The Murder Game - Steve Lyons
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
2. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book - Gerard Jones
1. Maus - Art Spiegelman
David Sedaris is fun as always, but there were a few gross-out moments in there I wasn't expecting. I've read him talking about his sister Amy before, but in this one he talks more about other siblings--and how much they hate it when he writes about them. My favorite part is how the voice of reason in his head sounds like Bea Arthur.
But what I really want to talk about is the Babylon 5 book. I haven't done any kind of commentary on it so far because I wanted to finish the story first. I love getting a better look into part of the show that I really wished had been explored more. I really hate them for killing off Elric, but I do understand why they did it. My only complaint in the series is that by the end of it Galen is supposed to be nearly the most accomplished and powerful techno-mage ever, and that really doesn't match up with what I remember of him in Crusade, which takes place after these books. Of course that just gives me an excuse to re-watch that series so I can make a proper comparison. ;)
Pretty soon the third book in the Legions of Fire trilogy should arrive from eBay and then I'll start reading those. After that, I think I will have consumed every bit of Babylon 5 related media there is apart from the tabletop RPG.